https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1183/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-can-alexi-casilla-provide-in-2012-r199/In spring training last year, New York Mets manager Terry Collins said that second base has become “an enormous offensive position. Some of the guys that have been playing there have been putting up huge numbers at second. It’s become an offensive position, so to me that’s a big piece of the puzzle....199Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/position-analysis-third-base-r198/Likely Starter: Danny Valencia 2011 Stats: .246/.294/.383, 15 HR, 72 RBI, 63 R, 2/8 SB Potential Backups: Luke Hughes, Sean Burroughs, Steve Pearce, Tsuyoshi Nishioka With a lineup that will feature as many as five players who pose virtually no threat to hit the ball over the fence, the Twins are go...198Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/al-central-position-rankings-third-base-r197/Today, we'll round out the infield and vote for the preseason AL Central third baseman. Let's get the discussion going on "Which AL Central Third Baseman will be the best in 2012?" Vote now and comment your rankings. The Candidates (2011 stats) Minnesota Twins - Danny Valencia - .246/.294/.383 (.67...197Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/al-central-position-rankings-shortstop-r195/So far we have voted on the Preseason AL Central Catcher, First Baseman and Second Baseman choices. Now let's get the discussion going on "Which AL Central Shortstop will be the best in 2012?" Vote now and comment your rankings. The Candidates (2011 stats) Minnesota Twins - Jamey Carroll - .290/.35...195Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-brian-dozier-make-the-opening-day-roster-r194/Manager Ron Gardenhire wanted him up in the big leagues last summer. Teammates praise his leadership as well as his ability to do anything and everything needed with the bat. Pitchers love when he is playing shortstop behind them. How can Brian Dozier make the Twins Opening Day Roster? There are man...194Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/more-monday-links-r193/Today's links include the analytical, the hopeful and the whimsical: Analytical Thryloss updates his bullpen and bench dashboards with yesterday's results. A couple of previously maligned bullpen arms put their best foot forward, as did Brian Dozier. Hopeful Twins Fan From Afar is getting hopeful wa...193Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-ampamp-the-geek-ep-32-perkins-and-vegas-r192/192Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/position-analysis-second-base-r191/Likely Starter: Alexi Casilla 2011 Stats: .260/.322/.368, 4 HR, 21 RBI, 52 R, 15/19 SB Potential Backups: Luke Hughes, Tsuyoshi Nishioka, Brian Dinkelman, Brian Dozier We've been down this road before. Alexi Casilla was the Opening Day starter at second base in 2009, and at shortstop last year. In...191Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/al-central-position-rankings-second-base-r190/The voting for preseason AL Central catcher and first basemen will continue for another day, but let's get the discussion going on "Which AL Central Second Baseman will be the best in 2012?" Vote now and comment your rankings. THE CANDIDATES (2011 stats) Minnesota Twins - Alexi Casilla - .260/.322/...190Mon, 12 Mar 2012 04:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/more-weekend-stories-r189/If you're looking for some more to nibble on from this weekend, try these - Thryloss has brought executive style management techniques to spring training. (I'll let you decide if that's a good or bad thing.) He's updating two executive style dashboard reports, one for the bullpen and the other for...189Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/five-other-twins-stories-to-watch-r188/Let’s be clear: ultimately, it’s about the wins. I get into at least a half dozen debates per month where I feel the need to remind people that all this fun baseball stuff we analyze – coaching tactics, offseason pickups, roster changes, revenue tendencies, trades, minor league development – are not...188Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/home-runs-lead-to-twins-win-over-yankees-r187/After struggling during the first week of spring training with the bat, the Twins go three home runs on Sunday afternoon to top the New York Yankees 5-1. Joe Benson got the Twins on the board with a long, solo home run in the 5th inning. In the bottom of the 7th, Danny Valencia gave the Twins a 2-1...187Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:49:00 +0000